Readers of Historical Fiction must realize that there are two timelines going on in their novels: the character timeline and the historical timeline.
Character Timeline:
-Found by Uri
-Told Uri that his name was "Stopthief"
-"Stopthief" discovered that he was a Gypsy (he was TOLD that he was a Gypsy)
-Uri took "Stopthief" to his home
-"Stop thief saw the Jackboots and announced that he wanted to be one of them
-Uri told "Stopthief" his name - Misha - and his past
-Misha met Janina
-Misha announced that he was glad he was not a Jew
-Misha and Uri ran away from home after hearing shouts and gunshots at night
-Misha gave bread to Janina
-Misha's ear got shot off
-Misha announced that he believed in angels
-Misha went to the orphanage
-Misha is marching with people to the Ghetto
-Misha goes to the Ghetto to talk with Janina
-Misha finds a small passage in the brick wall leading outside of the ghetto
-Misha and Janina become smugglers
-The Nazi soliders announced that if anyone in the ghetto is a smuggler they WILL be killed
-Olek is hanged for being a smuggler
-Janina's father told Janina not to sneak out with Misha at night anymore
-Janina continued to steal, though not following Misha
-Misha meets Uri outside the ghetto wall. Uri was working for the Jackboots
-The trains were coming to take the Jews out of the ghetto
-Uri told Misha not to go on the trains
-Janina's father told Misha to bring Janina out of the ghetto and never come back
-Misha brought Janina outside but failed to keep her out of the ghetto
-Janina went on the trains going to the "ovens"
-While Misha was trying to follow Janina, Uri shot him to save his life
-When Misha awakes, he found the trains gone and the ghetto emptied
-Misha walked on the train tracks to find Janina; "to go to the ovens"
-Misha worked for a farmer for three years
-After Misha left the barn, he stole things to sell for extremely cheap prices
-Misha left Warsaw to go to Philadelphia
-In America, he was called Jack
-On the streets of Philadelphia, Misha babbled about his life in Warsaw
-One young woman stopped to listen to Misha's story
-That young woman became Misha's wife
-Misha's wife could not stand the way Misha lived, so she left him while she was with child
-Years later, Misha's daughter, Katherine, found Misha at his work
-Katherine asked Misha to give her daugher, Wendy, a middle name. Misha named her "Janina"
-Misha moved in with Katherine and Wendy
-Wendy gave Misha the nickname "Poppynoodle"
Historical Timeline:
-Hitler tried to get rid of Jews
-Hitler made laws that prevented Jews from having freedom. He created concentration camps
-Nazi takes Jews out of homes. He takes them to ghetto
-Moved to concentration camps
-The Nazis were called "Jackboots"
-The Nazis hated Jews
-The Jew's curfew
-The ghetto in which Jews live
-the nazi's are clearing out the ghetto
-All of the jews living in the ghetto are evacuated and taken to concentration camps
-War ends
-Adolf Hitler commits suicide. He had Killed up to six million Jews.
Character Timeline:
-Found by Uri
-Told Uri that his name was "Stopthief"
-"Stopthief" discovered that he was a Gypsy (he was TOLD that he was a Gypsy)
-Uri took "Stopthief" to his home
-"Stop thief saw the Jackboots and announced that he wanted to be one of them
-Uri told "Stopthief" his name - Misha - and his past
-Misha met Janina
-Misha announced that he was glad he was not a Jew
-Misha and Uri ran away from home after hearing shouts and gunshots at night
-Misha gave bread to Janina
-Misha's ear got shot off
-Misha announced that he believed in angels
-Misha went to the orphanage
-Misha is marching with people to the Ghetto
-Misha goes to the Ghetto to talk with Janina
-Misha finds a small passage in the brick wall leading outside of the ghetto
-Misha and Janina become smugglers
-The Nazi soliders announced that if anyone in the ghetto is a smuggler they WILL be killed
-Olek is hanged for being a smuggler
-Janina's father told Janina not to sneak out with Misha at night anymore
-Janina continued to steal, though not following Misha
-Misha meets Uri outside the ghetto wall. Uri was working for the Jackboots
-The trains were coming to take the Jews out of the ghetto
-Uri told Misha not to go on the trains
-Janina's father told Misha to bring Janina out of the ghetto and never come back
-Misha brought Janina outside but failed to keep her out of the ghetto
-Janina went on the trains going to the "ovens"
-While Misha was trying to follow Janina, Uri shot him to save his life
-When Misha awakes, he found the trains gone and the ghetto emptied
-Misha walked on the train tracks to find Janina; "to go to the ovens"
-Misha worked for a farmer for three years
-After Misha left the barn, he stole things to sell for extremely cheap prices
-Misha left Warsaw to go to Philadelphia
-In America, he was called Jack
-On the streets of Philadelphia, Misha babbled about his life in Warsaw
-One young woman stopped to listen to Misha's story
-That young woman became Misha's wife
-Misha's wife could not stand the way Misha lived, so she left him while she was with child
-Years later, Misha's daughter, Katherine, found Misha at his work
-Katherine asked Misha to give her daugher, Wendy, a middle name. Misha named her "Janina"
-Misha moved in with Katherine and Wendy
-Wendy gave Misha the nickname "Poppynoodle"
Historical Timeline:
-Hitler tried to get rid of Jews
-Hitler made laws that prevented Jews from having freedom. He created concentration camps
-Nazi takes Jews out of homes. He takes them to ghetto
-Moved to concentration camps
-The Nazis were called "Jackboots"
-The Nazis hated Jews
-The Jew's curfew
-The ghetto in which Jews live
-the nazi's are clearing out the ghetto
-All of the jews living in the ghetto are evacuated and taken to concentration camps
-War ends
-Adolf Hitler commits suicide. He had Killed up to six million Jews.